Front Porch Swing Afternoon Chords

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Front Porch Swing Afternoon by Jamey Johnson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
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  			Intro 

verse 1 
C            G            Am         G 
Sittin' here countin' the cars goin' by, 
      F             G           C     C 
In an hour, must of been one or two, 
C           G           Am             G 
Sheets are flapping' on momma's clothesline, 
        F               G          C     C 
It's an old front porch swing afternoon, 

verse 2 
C          G              Am       G 
I can hear music from somewhere inside, 
    F                G              C     C 
The faint sound of a Hank William's tune, 
C                 G          Am         G 
I just caught the smell of a blackberry pie, 
        F               G          C     C 
On this old front porch swing afternoon, 

Chorus 
    Am  G  F                C 
And ooh,   feel that breeze blowin', 
     F          G           Am     G 
That magnolia's showin' her bloom, 
        F               G          C     C 
On this old front porch swing afternoon, 

Instrumental 
C   G  Am  C  F  G  C  C 

verse 3 
C               G            Am            G 
That old dog is layin' under grandpa's old chair, 
         F           G          C   C 
He ain't lookin' for nothin' to do, 
         C          G           Am        G 
And that tractor is stirrin' up dust over there, 
        F               G          C     C 
On this old front porch swing afternoon, 

verse 4 
      C           G          Am            G 
I can see grandma now in her old checkered dress, 
F         G            C      C 
Beatin' a rug with her broom, 
     C           G              Am          G 
The clouds are returnin' comin' in from the west, 
        F               G          C     C 
On this old front porch swing afternoon, 

Chorus 
    Am  G  F                C 
And ooh,   feel that breeze blowin', 
    F            G         Am    G 
The sun will be goin' down soon, 
      F               G          Am    G 
On an old front porch swing afternoon, 
        F               G              C    C 
It's an old front porch swing     afternoon, 

Outro 
C   G  Am  C  F  G  C  C 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante